Time to meet another great guild that plays Star Wars: The Old Republic…The Fifth Element. This guild believes in a more casual approach to playing this particular MMO, but as the guild has grown they have become very focused on clearing Operations content. This doesn’t mean they have gone all “hardcore,” members still love to joke and have fun, but as Le’loo states…” when an Operation starts, we put our game faces on and play serious.” We talk more with Le’loo about how the guild got started and see how they feel on some of the changes coming to SWTOR.

Community Checkpoint is back! This week we look at a guild from the Ebon Hawk server, The Jedi Order. I was lucky enough to be allowed to meet with their council representative Scanter to learn more about this particular Jedi sect. This group is strictly for those pursuing the Path of the Jedi. These protectors of the Republic have formed a Jedi only guild to help in learning more about the Force, teaching and training others in the ways of the Force and to stand up against the oppression of the Sith.

On vacation we stayed in a cabin-like lodge, although we were in more plush surroundings, the idea of this week’s guild, based upon the Wookiee traditions of the hunt, entered my thoughts. A dimly lit room filled with some of the galaxy’s toughest and deadliest bounty hunters. They are ready to do whatever needs to be done in order to complete a contract, but these particular bounty hunters live by a code of the hunt established by the Wookiees. We get to meet this guild of hunters known as the Masters of the Hunt. I had the great chance to interview their guildmaster Synriss. From her we will learn more about the guild and their RP philosophy.

Many times we assume things, even though these assumptions might be based on facts, we don’t always get the full picture…unless we dig a little deeper. Take for instance this week’s guild, Underworld Alliance (UWA). They like any other guild have governing rules, ideals, and usually a primary focus. I came across this guild and saw they were on an RP-PVE server, plus their guild name brought up possible RP storylines and I’m thinking we will have another RP guild to showcase to the SWTOR community. However, once I got to researching more on their website and through correspondence with the guild’s founder, I discovered a guild that loves PVE content, especially Operations. Why did they join an RP server and how involved are they into Operations, we will get these answers as we talk with Loggus the founder.

This week we are proud to welcome the guild, Beacon of Hope. Through some research I came across this guild and had the privilege of corresponding with their GM, Aylyai. Beacon of Hope is an RP guild. Like most RP guilds they like to be creative with their background stories for characters, guild events and even training. Beacon of Hope does these things and in fact we will learn about their Training Corps events and how they utilize them to pass along lore, RP and also use this training to help with actual gameplay. It’s time to get to the Q&A on Beacon of Hope.